"The integrity of the honest keeps them on track...." Proverbs 11:3
Joseph
refused the advances of Potiphar's wife, not because he thought he could not
get away with it, but because he knew he could not live with himself if he
accepted them. The world needs people who cannot be bought; whose word is
their bond; who put character above wealth; who possess opinions and a will;
who are larger than their vocations; who do not hesitate to take chances; who
would not lose their individuality in a crowd; who will be as honest in small
things as they are in great things; who will make no compromise with wrong;
whose ambitions are not confined to their own selfish desires; who will not say
they do it "because everybody else does it"; who are true to their
friends through good report and evil report, in adversity as well as in
prosperity; who do not believe that shrewdness, cunning and hardheartedness are
the best qualities for winning success; who are not afraid to stand for the
truth even when it is unpopular; who say "no" with emphasis, even
though the rest of the world says "yes".
In
what he calls a compromise of integrity, Psychiatrist Leo Randall analyses the
relationship between former President Nixon and some of his closest confidants
in the Watergate scandal. He records a conversation between Senator
Howard Baker and Nixon aide Herbert Porter. Baker: "Did you ever
have qualms about what you were doing?" Porter: "No!"
Baker: "Why?" Porter: "Group pressure. I was
afraid of not being considered a team player." So strive for
integrity, not popularity!
Written by Linda Diokpa
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